Pomona College Class of 2025 Applicants Thread

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Is it true that the 5Cs review apps at the same time? I was waitlisted at Pitzer and want to know if I still have a chance at Pomona lol

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Haha! when I opened this account a long time ago I happened to be reading about Amy Chuaā€™s methods (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) which I thought were unhealthy and extreme although better than not caring at all (the opposite extreme I would guessā€¦). I was also lurking around here noticing that some users incorporated Tiger into their avatar so on a whim I came up with notigeringā€¦ :slight_smile: so no, not related to the Princeton Tigers at allā€¦

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Thatā€™s great!

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They donā€™t share information with each other, so they donā€™t know if you applied to any of the other 5Cs. They make completely independent decisions.

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What do you mean? the timeline is very similar but I would venture to guess that they are not coordinated in any way and that they donā€™t talk among themselves about applicants. I remember the Ivy League and MIT had to sign a collusion ban many years ago after being hit with an antitrust violation related to FA.

edit: @yellowjello beat me to it

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AHHHH. Freaking out about tmr. So scared

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Me too, Iā€™m freaking out sooo bad. Does anybody know at what time do decisions come out? Is it at 5pm PDT?

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Yes, theyā€™d been consistent with 5pm PDT.

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Well ok, how about the Oxy Tigers?

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HAHA. Aside from their respective tigers Oxy and Princeton were actually brothers as they were both founded by Presbyterians. It is one of the main reasons Pomona was founded in the first place. As the current iteration of LA was being born Presbyterians (Oxy, Princeton of the West) and Methodists (USC, Wesleyan of the West) were trying to call shotgun and Congressionalistā€™s had to do something about that in a hurry and they didā€¦

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I just tried to log into my portal and it said ā€œ503 Error. Portal is inactive.ā€ Anyone else have this message?

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Same thing happening to me.

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same

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My Dā€™s was getting the error message earlier, but it is working now.

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Same; it now works for me.

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So we have 8:44 hours to wait?

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I think so, I have a timer set on my phone lol

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wait what time is it coming out?

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supposedly 5pm PT

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thanks!